My friend and co-author of A Year of Hitchcock, Eric San Juan, has a new book, Lakehurst: Barrens, Blimps & Barons: The True Tale of a Pine Barrens Town. I've been reading it this week. It's a history book about the town of Lakehurst, New Jersey, most famous as the location of the Hindenburg disaster. Eric gets into the Hindenburg story in this book, but there's much, much more.
Eric grew up in Lakehurst and knows the area well. He also knows the people who tell the great stories, the great stories that fill this book. Lots of interesting stories about a cool little town. You don't have to be intimately familiar with the area (I'm not) to enjoy it. If you're into history, you should enjoy this book.
Give it a read. Not because it's written by a friend, but because it's a good read.
